Gas, dust, and particulate matters are today present everywhere in our daily lives – in our breathing atmosphere, in our homes, in our working environment, in our vehicles, in our manufacturing facility; there is no escape from such seemingly invisible stuff.

Many, when exposed long term over certain threshold, will cause illness or low productivity; some are simply dangerous – flammable causing fire, explosive causing fatal accidents or poisonous causing cancers. Major elements of environmental pollutions or living environment with bad odor are generated in many industrial processes, from vehicles, or just gas leaks. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly critical to be able to detect and monitor the presence and density of such type of gases, dust and particulate matters, for the safety of society and the health of human beings, thereby assuring the density level does not rise or cross the dangerous threshold levels or report timely to avoid major accidents by advanced warnings.

“After the roll out of 1st generation WxS 8700, customers worldwide requested us to further enhance the gas sensor node with more expansion flexibility," said Will H. Yu, director of IoT solution and customer excellence. “We are excited to now announce the 2nd generation WxS 8700E. With WxS 8700E, our customers can select up to 3 gas sensors from a list of 15 supported gas sensor types, all on a single node. This greatly reduces per gas cost while offering pre-calibrated gas sensor”

Supporting pre-calibrated monitoring solutions for 15 types of gases, the WxS 8700E enables a wide range of gas monitoring IoT applications, including but not limited to:

· Smart building – offices often lack adequate air ventilation or even malfunction HVAC system, leading to bad indoor air quality and low work place productivity, even sickness

· Industrial campus safety - many industrial operations, as part of the chemical process, generate certain types of gases which may be harmful to workers, pollute the air, or even cause fire or explosion under certain conditions (temperature and pressure)